Overview
- Speaking in Karachi on Monday, Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman criticised the federal and Sindh budgets and demanded the immediate abolition of the petroleum levy and a petrol price cap of Rs225 per litre.
- He called on the government and private employers to raise wages for private-sector workers, saying a 7 percent civil‑service pay hike was overtaken by roughly 8 percent inflation.
- The JI chief announced a near-term plan for youth-led roadside protests that would involve switching off motorcycles and vehicles on major highways as a show of pressure; those actions are planned but have not taken place.
- Naeem accused the Pakistan Peoples Party of sustaining feudal labour practices, challenged Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to disclose wages paid to estate workers, and criticised Sindh’s record on education, health and public transport, citing a reported need for about 15,000 buses versus 150 added.
- He also attacked large budget interest payments and the recent 300–400 percent rises in parliamentarians’ pay while noting no increase in EOBI pensions, and he broadened his platform to demand negotiations on Azad Kashmir and the recovery of hostages held abroad.